mobilia sequuntur personam
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 307 U.S. 357 - Curry v. McCanless · 1939Most cited · 614 citing opinions
mobilia sequuntur personam... means only that it is the identity or association of intangibles with the person of their owner at his domicile which gives jurisdiction to tax.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Movables follow the person. Story, Confl. Laws (3d Ed.) 638, 639; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 462.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Movable property follows the person. See 1 Ch. 847, 3 Brit. Rul. Cas. 198.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Movables follow the [law of the] person. Story, Confl. Law, § 378; Broom, Max. 522.